Jeremiah 42

42 ¹Den all di commanders of di army, plus Johanan pikin of Kareah an Jezaniah pikin of Hoshaiah, an all di people, from di smallest reach di greatest, come near, ²an dem tell Jeremiah di prophet say, “Abeg hear our beg: pray give your Papa for us, for all dis remnant wey remain—because we be small pipul wey remain from plenty, as you dey see, ³make your Papa fit show us di road wey we suppose follow an di thing wey we suppose do.”

⁴Jeremiah di prophet tell dem say, “I don hear una. I go pray give your Papa as una ask, an I go tell una everytin wey your Papa answer, I no go hide anytin.”

⁵Dem tell Jeremiah say, “Make our Papa be true, faithful witness against us if we no do everytin wey your Papa send you make you tell us. ⁶Whether e good or e bad, we go obey di voice of our Papa, di One wey we dey send you go meet, so dat e go better for us wen we obey di voice of our Papa.”

⁷Wen ten days don pass, di word of our Papa come reach Jeremiah. ⁸So he call Johanan pikin of Kareah, all di commanders wey dey wit am, an all di people, from di smallest reach di greatest,

⁹an he talk say, “Na so our Papa of Israel talk, di One wey una send me go make I carry una beg go meet:

¹⁰If una truly stay for dis land, I go build una up, I no go pull una down; I go plant una, I no go uproot una—because my mind don change about di wahala wey I bring on una.

¹¹No fear di king of Babylon wey una dey fear now. No fear am, na our Papa dey talk, because I dey wit una make I save una an rescue una from im hand.

¹²I go show una tender mercy—my belle go dey pain me for una—so dat di king of Babylon belle go dey pain am for una too, an he go let una go back to una land.

¹³But if una talk say, ‘We no go stay for dis land,’ an una no obey di voice of your Papa, ¹⁴una dey talk say, ‘No, we go go Egypt, wia we no go see war, we no go hear trumpet, hunger for bread no go catch us, an we go live dia,’ ¹⁵then hear di word of our Papa, una remnant of Judah. Na dis di Papa of heaven army, di Papa of Israel talk: If una don set una mind to go Egypt make una settle dia, ¹⁶then di sword wey una dey fear go catch una for Egypt, di famine wey una dey fear go follow una enter Egypt, an na dia una go die. ¹⁷All di pipul wey don make up dia mind to settle for Egypt go die by sword, by famine, an by plague; nobody go survive or escape di disaster wey I go bring on dem.

¹⁸Na dis di Papa of heaven army, di Papa of Israel talk: Just as my anger an my vex pour out on di pipul of Jerusalem, na so my vex go pour out on una wen una enter Egypt. Una go turn to somtin wey pipul go curse, go fear, go laugh, an go shame, an una no go see dis place again.”

¹⁹“Our Papa don talk to una, una remnant of Judah: No go Egypt. Sabi am well well say I dey warn una today. ²⁰Una don deceive una own sef, e go cost una una life, because una send me go your Papa, una talk say, ‘Pray give our Papa for us; anytin wey he talk, tell us an we go do am.’ ²¹Today I don tell una, but una never obey di voice of your Papa for anytin wey he send me make I tell una. ²²So sabi am well well: una go die by sword, by famine, an by plague for di place wey una wan go settle.”